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Mauritania
Mauritania
Data points :
Barlamane (Parliament), Al Jamiya-Al-Wataniya (National Assembly)
The IPU data corresponds to the lower chamber if the parliament is bicameral. For information about upper chambers, refer to Parline
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cases currently treated by the Committee on the Human Rights of MPs
- Population 4.18 million people
- Number of MPs 157 MPs
- Legislature unicameral
- Last election Sep 2018
- IPU Membership
- Common principles signatory
- Website www.assembleenationale.mr
- More data from Parline
This page contains the latest IPU news and data for this parliament. The percentage of women in parliament and the percentage of youth participation correspond to the lower chamber if the parliament is bicameral. The number of MP human rights cases corresponds to the latest decisions of the IPU Committee on the Human Rights of Parliamentarians.
Related news
News in brief
07/03/2017
A group of women 12 MPs from the Réseau des femmes parlementaires mauritaniennes (Network of Mauritanian Women Parliamentarians/REFPAM) organized a “caravan”, or outreach visits, to provinces in the country to engage local and religious leaders, and the general public on women’s rights and ending violence against women and girls.
News in brief
09/06/2016
An agreement has been reached in Mauritania on action necessary to protect women and girls from child marriage, female genital mutilation (FGM) and other violence. The priorities set by women MPs include robust new laws and other measures targeted at
News in brief
28/01/2015
Women MPs in Mauritania have created an action plan to push forward work on gender equality. It followed training in Nouakchott on strategic planning on the work of the women’s caucus in parliament involving about 40 female MPs, civil society
Related events
Inter-regional parliamentary seminar: Promoting child nutrition in Western and Central Africa
Ougadougou,
Burkina Faso
In the region
